18 Freezer-Friendly Desserts for Holiday Entertaining

With this recipe, a creamy, gorgeous, crack-free New York-style cheesecake is totally doable, even for beginners!

With chunks of sweet apples nestled in a tender and buttery rum cake, this French apple cake is the essence of simplicity.

Made from marbled layers of brownie batter and chocolate chip cookie dough, brookies are a fun treat for all ages.

This pumpkin cheesecake is the ultimate sweet ending to your Thanksgiving feast — and no one will miss the pumpkin pie.

Buttery, crisp and just barely sweet, this Scottish shortbread is simple to make with ingredients that are always on hand.

For such a seemingly simple dessert, pumpkin pie can be tricky to make. This recipe promises a tender, flaky crust and gently spiced pumpkin filling that won’t crack as it cools.

Elegant and simple, this pound cake is the little black dress of dessert.

This warm and comforting banana cake is loved by kids and adults alike.

Loved by kids and adults alike, this old-fashioned gingerbread is the perfect treat to keep on hand during the holidays.

With a crisp, flaky crust and thick, cider-flavored apple filling, this is my idea of the perfect apple pie.

Made with brown butter and bourbon, this pecan pie has a richer, more complex flavor than the typical pecan pie.

This 15-minute chocolate walnut fudge from Cook’s Illustrated is delicious and foolproof – and you don’t need strong arms or a burly assistant to stir it.

Fluffy and flavored with brown sugar and autumn spices — this is a wonderful Southern sweet potato pie.

Apples bubbling under a crunchy oat-pecan streusel, this rustic apple crisp is the ultimate fall dessert.

This old-fashioned vanilla butter cake drenched in syrup is the 1963 winner of the Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest.

With a buttery shortbread crust and rich caramel-pecan topping, these pecan squares make a wonderful potluck dessert for the holidays.

This marble cake may look fancy, but its flavor is pure old-fashioned goodness.

These crisp double chocolate biscotti are tailor-made for dunking into coffee, warm milk, or hot chocolate.